raw milk

[starbaby]

news tonigt said people are paying 13.00 or more for raw milk because has people feeling better .but it is a gainst the law to sell so thay label it for pets . what do yall think about this

 

[Limomike]

I dont know about Texas laws.. but it is NOT against the law to sell it here in Oklahoma. There is a very old and successful dairy here in NE Oklahoma that has ALWAYS sold raw milk. Now they even sell raw cheeses.. Its all my family has ever drank.
check them out: http://www.tiawah.com/swandairy.htm

 

[dun]

It depends on the state and within the state who is doing the selling. If it's an inspected and certified dairy, in most if not all the states it's legal to sell it. The catch is for someone with a cow (or goat) in the backyard, not inspected or certified, selling raw milk to the the public. The public may be neighbors, friends, at the farmers market or whatever. Some states have prevented those types of sales even if the person buying the milk is the owner of the animal, owner on aper but it really is someone elses, selling it supposedily for "pets" only, or whatever. A lot of these regs started back in the 50-60s era to get around milk quality/sanitation problems. From some of the environments I've seen at home milking facilitys I wouldn;t feed the stuff to a calf let alone use it for human consumption.

dun

 

[Aero]

i have seen where people join a coop (that the dairy runs) for a variable fee that entitles them to so much milk. the coop technically makes them part owners in the dairy.

 

[shorty]

Pennsylvania gives permits to dairiy farms to sell raw milk at the farm.

 

[alabama]

I have some for a week or two every year and love it. My girlfriend won’t drink it though. And it keeps well in the refrigerator, better than store bought.
I have an old cow with over size teats and yes I know I should sell her but she sure raises a nice calf. I just have to milk her out a few times when she has a new calf. They are just too much for a new calf to handle. She is about 10 now and will make the trip to town in a few years but I will miss her and that fresh milk every fall.
This cow was a show heifer and is very gentle, in fact so gentle I have to put a halter on her to get her in the chute for shots and AI every year. The kids like petting her too. I guess it is alright for every rancher to keep a pet cow around.

 

[starbaby]

is raw milk better than pasturized for you. we buy 2% ,now whole feels like trying to choke down cream. is raw thicker?

 

[Workinonit Farm]

is raw milk better than pasturized for you. we buy 2% ,now whole feels like trying to choke down cream. is raw thicker?

Whether or not its better for you I don't know, it depends on which "study" you read. It's never made me sick, I like it, from goats or cows. (I have my own Jersey)

Once you get used to 2% or skimmed, I'm sure whole milk is a whole lot different.

Is raw thicker? I know from my Jersey it seems to be thicker than store-bought, and probably is, Jerseys have a higher butterfat content. I cannot speak about the other dairy breeds.
To me, raw goat's milk is about the same consistancy as store-bought cow's milk, but its been many years since I've had fresh goat's milk.

I agree with dun on his point regarding home milking facilities. i've seen how some folks do it and I wouldn't touch the stuff they have.

Katherine

 

[Limomike]

is raw milk better than pasturized for you. we buy 2% ,now whole feels like trying to choke down cream. is raw thicker?

Raw milk is better for you. http://www.iloveindia.com/nutrition/mil ... efits.html

As far as raw milk being thicker.. no, its the percentage of cream in the milk that makes it thicker.

 

[IL Rancher]

Some people seem to have less allergie or allery reactions involved with raw milk. My mom as a baby couldn't digest formula or milk for whatever reason but was okay with raw milk from the dairy across the street from here. My daughter has the same problem. We drink it, most every dairy farmer I know drinks it...

As far as thicker than store bought 2%.. Yeah, it has more cream in it... Depending on the time of year and breed/place it could be a lot of butterfat in the milk. The place we get is holsteins and in the winter they are up around 4.5% and fall to 3.5% during the heat of the summer... I think it is tons better tasting than store bought but how much of that is physcological vs real I couldn't tell you.

 

[millstreaminn]

As far as thicker, I remember getting paid on butterfat and "solids not fat" in my holsteins milk. I know my cows ran a 3.7% and I got .15 per tenth per CWT for butterfat over 3.5% Neighbor had a Jersey herd average 5+%. I think I got paid an extra .22 per tenth for solids not fat over 3.2%

Used to be a big emphasis on butterfat but now with the health kick, most processors are paying more for solids not fat than butterfat.